U.S. director Vincent Edwards has said he is working on an animated film based on a widely known Indian cartoon hero, reports HINDUSTAN TIMES. The top-secret project will feature several of India's best known Bollywood actors and actresses.
"It's an Indian heritage project that will be acceptable to a global audience without alienating the local viewers," he said.
Edwards, who directed the animated series GODZILLA, THE STARSHIP TROOPERS and SPIDERMAN, said the film would also be turned into a television series by next summer.
Edwards along with his family moved from Los Angeles to Bangalore in July to work on the film. An Indian investor concerned about the growing Western influence on young Indians called on Edwards to participate on the project.
"I was asked to work on this project by someone worried that the Indian culture will be buried, lost in a mad rush to Americanize with the huge interest in superheroes like Superman and Spiderman," Edwards said.
The film is set for release at the end of the year.
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